“I'm guessing it is because of Weed's outstanding performance.”
“Yes. That could be true. There are no words to describe his capabilities.”
“…”
“Most of Morata participated in the war and with the show of power and tactics as well as the appearance of the Kallamore Knights will let them attract more people. The internet message boards are overflowing.”
Bard Ray had a calm expression. To the Hermes Guild, there were only minor guilds in the North. Their total numbers could not begin to shake the top powers in the Kingdom of Haven. There was no change in his expression. But deep down it was not.
“Weed led the war and forced the Northern Alliance to surrender…!”
That was more than enough to ruin Bard Ray's mood.
“Selling Rotten Dagger. It cuts well and its best for hunting monsters.”
“Selling Crooked Blade. It's a really good strong sword for beginners. I'll sell it for cheap.”
“Selling Leather Armor. The chest area is a bit torn apart but other than that everything is fine.”
Transactions between beginners were only in the numbers of coppers up to a maximum of 5 gold! Wyvern Square, Bingryong Square, Light Square and the Rover Square were all crowded with travelers. The four squares that he had created were now booming when it was once empty. However Morata had increased the number of beginners on a large scale because of the war. After the Royal Road's broadcast, it had opened its doors to a large number of beginners.
“Three pieces of barley bread for sale.”
“Are they selling that to make a living?”
“I need to hang in there until I can buy a weapon.”
“Huaaa, even though I can access a well, water doesn't help fill my stomach.”
“Thank you.”
Despite the cold air of spring Morata was very lively. Novice traders went around transporting one or two specialty products. Tens of thousands of beginners were hanging around as Pavo was building the Morata Center of Art. During this vacation, Weed had work to be done.
“I finished restoring sculptures, so I have to raise my level by hunting. I need to concentrate or else I won't have any peace of mind when winter comes by.”
The trip he had went on had shortened his summer break.
“Stat window!”
Name: Weed Title: Eternal Sculptor
Leveclass="underline" 368
Job: Legendary Moonlight Sculptor!
Title: Dragon Slaying Commander
Fame: 29,726
HP: 31360
Mana: 14405
Strength: 1315
Agility: 1005
Stamina: 159
Wisdom: 189
Intelligence: 184
Endurance: 695
Art: 1621
Charisma: 260
Leadership: 672
Luck: 215
Faith: 135 + 435
Charm: 210 +30
Fighting Spirit: 419
Mentality: 25
Honor: 95
Attack: 5329
Defense: 1761
Resistances:
Fire: 27 % Water: 31 % Earth 35 % Dark 50%
+All stats are increased by 20 points.
+Art is increased by an additional 80 points.
+30 % increase in stats in the moonlit night.
+Able to learn all production skills up to the level of master. Able to learn all the subskills of each production class. High level skills can be learned.
+Sculptures with high artistic value will increase fame.
+A total of 113 stats have been raised from sculptures, skills, combat, and quests prior to having the title. Over 100 stat points have been increased from sculptures and production skills since getting the title.
+Bracelet that is currently equipped increases all stats by 15.
Weed had gotten his level back to 368 despite having given life to sculptures. Each time he leveled up he had put all of his stat points into strength and agility, while the rest of the points had been raised by quests, equipment and sculptures. His stat window showed vivid traces of the hard work he had put in. Looking at the website forums of Royal Road, his stats were something to boast about. There was no one with a stat window such as his.
“Not just Geumini, Bingryong, and the King Hydra but I'm even lower level than the Wyverns.”
Because of the quests, his level had been at quite the disadvantage. That was because of the nature of the quests, in order to cling to success he could not focus on hunting. His level was too low to be strong. Instead of raising his skill proficiency, he had been raising troops for the siege battle.
“The users that are on the television are usually level 420 and above…I can't stop and wait so I need to first restore the seal.”
Weed entered a small room in the Lord's Castle.
“Any sculpture will do as long as its not a great piece.”
In order to level up Sculpture Repair he needed to repeatedly break sculptures. He had to go through the hard work of creating beautiful, gorgeous, and precious statues to break them and then restore them again.
“What is truly hard work, it seems that I do not yet know the meaning of hard work.”
He agonized as he began to select the sculptures that he was going to break!
“This one will have to do it.”
Weed chose the sculpture of the seven money demons. It had the work demon written on the forehead as it shamelessly extended its palm out to ask for money. It even had a smile on its face. A demon that was holding onto a bag of money! The fine piece had such precise meaning and was good enough to be praised. Weed looked at the completed sculpture.
“There!”
Kwagkwag! Wajangchang! Peoseog!
He took the sculptures and took a hammer to them.
He ripped out the eyes, broke the joints and then twisted the neck!
“This money demon!”
The bitterness and hatred of having to do this.
— You have damaged the sculpture.
Fame has decreased by 5 points.
Weed then reattached the pieces of the broken sculptures and then completely destroyed the newly made ones.
The way to create the sculptures remained in his memory. He was able to restore the money demons quite quickly.
“This horrible money demon!”
Repeatedly breaking and repairing!
A lot of time passed.
— Sculpture Repair Skill is intermediate level.
Durability and gloss of the sculpture will now be better.
Sculptural Memory has increased by 20.
It was a piece that greatly surpassed what a beginner sculptor could make. In order to get Intermediate Sculpture Repair he used the money demon.
“It needs a good sculpture to raise it aside from my passion and hatred!”
After the money demon was a statue of the Thirsty Hippo. It was a hippopotamus that was as large as Rover that was eating pieces of copper off of the floor. The hippose was so greedy that it was eating money with a wicked expression, a great piece with meaning! Aside from the matters of money, its artistic value was over 1400.
“Die!”
Weed hung the hippo upside down as he started a fire to burn the iron. Historically human had done all manners of atrocities against money and hippos. Rover who had come from the cow pasture and returned to sleep at the owner's side witnessed the scene. Geumini, Wyverns, Bingryong were outside the Lord's Castle as they watched Weed's behavior from outside the window.
“I will need to listen to the master's words more.”
“We are very fortunate that we are not a hippo.”
The Sculptures of Life swore loyalty to their master! Weed began to use the hippo for Sculpture Repair and managed to reach intermediate level 7. He had been working for over four days. Since he did not need to do miscellaneous things such as going to school, he was able to invest all his time into Royal Road.